Question

The ratio of boys to girls in the class is 5:7. There are 36 children in the class. How many more girls than boys are there in the class? (Show your working out)

Answer 1

Answer:

please mark a brilliant

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of boys to girls was 5:7.

Let us assume there as 5x boys and 7x girls. So the total number of students = 5x+7x = 12 x or 36.

Or x = 36/12 = 3.

So there are 5*3 = 15 boys and 7*3 = 21 girls. Answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

5x+7x=36

12x=36

x= 36/12

x= 3

No. of girls: 7x=7×3=21

No. of boys =5x=5×3=15

21-15= 6

Your answer is 6

Step-by-step explanation:

PLEASE MARK ME AS THE BRAINLIEST